”The Cultural Revolution, formally the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a violent sociopolitical purge movement in China from 1966 until 1976.” - Wikipedia
This book makes me acutely aware of how recent The Cultural Revolution is. Less than 50 years have passed. This means everyone I pass on the street over 50 will have been alive during that time.
I was reading this on the MTR, and I couldn’t help but look up from time to time at my fellow passengers and wonder, what was that old man doing during that time? what was it like for that old lady? what have they experienced, and how are they able to put that down and go on living the rest of their lives?